MY WORLD
Chapter 5
……I was lost in thought,so was my wife I guess,how can the doctor say it could take years,it can not just be,I will have to try all possible means.i thought within myself…
We arrived home and met mama waiting for us at the living room.we were both wearing sad faces.i said it ,she doesn’t have a womb,she has destroyed her womb,chai my son,you would have to marry someone else,I can’t deal with a barren woman,I can never,my son must produce children and not live with a fellow man.mama said.
Mama please stop,stop all these,I said,this time in tears,my wife came to were I was,and was trying to console me.
Omomi,I know how you feel,I know you must have been devastated,it’s very furstrating to know that the woman you thought was the one is not,but don’t worry,I shall get you other fruitful and beautiful women, you could choose who’d be your wife, mama said.
Mama stop all these I said,I am the one with the problem,I may not be able to father a child,I have undescended Testicles.i said in suppressed tears….what?,what are you talking about,you have undescended what?,what are you talking about,omomi,tell me you are joking oh,my beautiful daughter Tobi, what’s Temitope saying,mama asked Tobi,she looked at mama in disgust and walked into the bedroom….
Temitope,,omomi,Temi mummy,please,tell me you are joking abi,mama asked,,mama I so wish I am,but am not,I have been the reason my wife and I have been having delay in child birth.i have undescended testicles,it is a condition that prevents a man from been able to produce children, though it can be treated but it may take time,or may never be possible.i explained.
“Olorun maje” God forbid,it can never be my child,you may never have a child?,never,oh my enemies,my enemies are at it again ohhh,oh olorun,am finished,what do we do,Temi, what’s the way forward,how can we solve this,what do we do,mama asked.mama even in this my condition,I am not giving up on God,I know he’s going to bless my wife and I with our own babies, I said.
amennnnñ ,I believe, he’s going to bless you and your lovely wife with beautiful babies,mama said…
That night,my wife slept like she had never slept in a long time,she was happy that God had taken the burden off her.i was happy too,seeing my beautiful wife, sleeping peacefully,all I ever wanted was her peace of mind, I was happy she had it,even though mine had travelled…
At dawn,it was time for our morning devotion as usual,I woke Tobi up for prayers,she usually lead the prayers while I take the message for the day,while she lead prayers,I noticed she didn’t raise the prayers of God blessing us with our baby as she usually do,I ingnored and added it in our prayers when I was about to end the prayers.when we had finished praying,I called my wife, honey, I know you are shocked and devastated by the latest development,the truth is ,I am too,but please,I need you now than ever,I strongly believe we can have our own babies,no matter what the doctor had said,only God has the final say,please honey Stand by me,and help me scale through this phase.she looked at me and nodded her head without saying a word.
She went to the seating room,Iyawo me, Omomi,my daughter,good morning,and how was your night? mama greeted,I believe my wife was shocked at the kind gestures of mama,please come and seat my daughter,I want to have a word with you,mama told her.my child,you know,marriage is not a bed of ? roses, neither is it so sweet all through, couple faces challenges,but they must stick together in love and oneness.i know my son may have issues with fertility now,but there is nothing God can not do,she said,I was shocked, that mamm could preach like this,my wife was very surprised hearing mama talk like that……
Mama so you are saying all these now, because your son happened to be the one with the problem,the few days you have stayed in this house,you have made my life miserable,all of a sudden,you have become a saint because your son is infertile,mama let me ask you,if I was the one with the problem, would you say the words you are saying now,you would have probably started planning on how to send me to my father’s house,or how to make my life miserable, my wife shouted,please mama,let me be,she said and walked out of mama ..
My house and my wife became different,she was different from the Tobi I fell in love with,and married.
Written by
Delis Juliet
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